News in Richmond

An Australian restaurant in Richmond opened up its new site in Strawberry Hill yesterday in the sorts of sunshine you might expect to feel in the Antipodes.

Antipodea's new all-day brunch venue sits in the old Radnor Gardens café site - you can read our full Up Close With interview here.

A large section of pavement near Richmond railway station has been fenced off for emergency repair work.

The taxi rank on The Quadrant has also been blocked by the UK Power Network repair which is to "supply a customer connection".

A £5million apartment in a gated development on the banks of the Thames in Richmond is at the centre of an international money laundering investigation.

The property is owned by glamorous millionaire DJ and daughter of an oligarch, Izzat Khanim Javadova, who performs under the name Mikaela Jav, and her husband Suleyman Javadov.

Whilst flicking through his favourite magazine, The Week Junior, the young son of Waitrose's executive director noticed a special feature on autism.

The article interviewed five children living with autism to mark World Autism Week. It was written by Skylarks, a Richmond organisation that supports children with additional needs and disabilities.

Tomorrow, July 7, pupils from 16 London schools will sell handmade chutneys outside Whole Foods Market stores in Richmond, Piccadilly Circus and Fulham, and outside their school gates in Kensington and Stoke Newington.

The buzzing sale is the culmination of the Schools to Market programme run by food education charity School Food Matters.

Tomorrow pupils from several Richmond schools will be joined by Richmond Park MP Sarah Olney as they sell their homemade chutneys and sauces outside Richmond's Whole Foods Market.

Pupils from Grey Court School, St Richards CE Primary School, Trafalgar Infant School and Sheen Mount Primary School will be selling their produce from 11:30am to 1:00pm outside the shop on George St.

The old Richmond Park keeper's hut at Kingston Gate has been converted into a small coffee kiosk after decades of disuse.

The new outlet opened to customers yesterday (6 July) after a period of renovations and staff training, and will have a trial run of 12 to 18 months.

Are you a qualified nurse looking for a new opportunity? Our job of the day is a unique one based in beautiful Richmond Park!

The Royal Ballet School is searching for an RGN, or equivalent, qualified Nurse to join its established Healthcare team based at the Lower School in Richmond Park.

UPDATE: July 6

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has confirmed that the meeting will go ahead as planned on July 27. For full context see our article from June 29, below.

Richmond residents have been left angered by untamed verges outside their doors as part of a council scheme to improve biodiversity.

The council introduced the scheme in 2020 after finalising the Climate Emergency Strategy and Air Quality Action Plan.